Dalton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Dalton, GA)

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The 1973-74 school year started differently from previous years with a system that was spreading to many of the high schools in the nation—the quarter system. For the first time, Dalton High students were given several courses in each subject to choose from, which added an exciting taste to the usually routine classes. What used to be P.E. now became Weight Training and Trampoline, Archery and Bowling, Tumbling and Gymnastics, or Team Sports; English became Utopias, The Black Ex- perience, Science Fiction, or Modern Poetry. 1111 I I I II I New courses were introduced, such as Spanish, Bachelor Living, and Music Theory. There were disadvantages, however. Classes and teachers were limited, and a new experi- ence-registration—filled every student with ter- ror. As Mr. Teat called the students by home- rooms to the arena over the intercom, a mad frenzy of half-crazed teenagers swarmed into the gym, each hoping to pull the best cards for his quarterly schedule. Then, they emerged one by one, some in ecstacy, some in tears, and strolled back to class, perhaps taking the long way back.